
Dr. Kaustubha Raghukumar is an oceanographer with a solid background in physical oceanography, ocean acoustics, and wave propagation physics, and has authored a number of peer-reviewed scientific papers in this area. He has 15 years of experience in modeling and at-sea measurements of hydrodynamic processes, such as ocean circulation, surface waves, internal waves, and underwater sound. He has participated in several international at-sea experiments that focused on the impact of oceanographic fluctuations on ocean acoustic propagation and continues to develop state-of-the-art acoustic monitoring techniques and technologies for the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research. He is concurrently involved in modeling efforts to assimilate wave measurements into regional wave models and to examine the potential environmental effects of marine renewable energy devices.
Ph.D., Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 2009
M.S., Telecommunications, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, 2003
B.E., Electronics and Telecommunications, Goa University, Goa, India, 2000
Research Associate, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 2012
Member of the Acoustical Society of America
Member of the American Geophysical Union
Kaustubha Raghukumar, Ph.D. Senior Consultant
Dr. Kaustubha Raghukumar is an oceanographer with a solid background in physical oceanography, ocean acoustics, and wave propagation physics, and has authored a number of peer-reviewed scientific papers in this area. He has 15 years of experience in modeling and at-sea measurements of hydrodynamic processes, such as ocean circulation, surface waves, internal waves, and underwater sound. He has participated in several international at-sea experiments that focused on the impact of oceanographic fluctuations on ocean acoustic propagation and continues to develop state-of-the-art acoustic monitoring techniques and technologies for the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research...
Dr. Kaustubha Raghukumar is an oceanographer with a solid background in physical oceanography, ocean acoustics, and wave propagation physics, and has authored a number of peer-reviewed scientific papers in this area. He has 15 years of experience in modeling and at-sea measurements of hydrodynamic processes, such as ocean circulation, surface waves, internal waves, and underwater sound. He has participated in several international at-sea experiments that focused on the impact of oceanographic fluctuations on ocean acoustic propagation and continues to develop state-of-the-art acoustic monitoring techniques and technologies for the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research. He is concurrently involved in modeling efforts to assimilate wave measurements into regional wave models and to examine the potential environmental effects of marine renewable energy devices.




Performance Characteristics of the NoiseSpotter: An Acoustic Monitoring and Localization System
Publication
July 01 2024
Wave Energy Converter Arrays: Optimizing Power Production While Minimizing Environmental Effects
Publication
July 01 2024




Effect of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines on Atmospheric Circulation in California
Publication
June 01 2022
Advancing Renewable Energy: Integral Awarded Funding from DOE for Open-Water R&D at PacWave
Press Release
April 15 2022
Marine Renewables: Grace Chang, Kaustubha Raghukumar, and Frank Spada Coauthor Article in Frontiers in Marine Science
Press Release
October 19 2021


Office of Naval Research—Vandenberg Space Force Base and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Case Study
April 18 2023